Bill Magee vs. Frank Tanana — Career Comparison

Bill Magee
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Frank Tanana
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Frank Tanana built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Magee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Frank Tanana posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.297 compared to 4.94 and 1.600 for Bill Magee. By the career numbers, Frank Tanana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Magee and Frank Tanana

Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.29
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.09
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.52
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.62
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.51
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.25
36.25
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.42
50.42
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.11
84.11
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.84
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.31
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.07
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
4.94
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
3.66
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2231
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
743.2
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
10.14
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4063
8.73
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
448
0.96
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
4.26
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1255
2.7
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.25
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.95
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2773
5.96
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.22
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.26
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.71
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.28
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.06
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3376
40.86
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17641
37.91
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
6.33
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
4.1
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
0.35
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.25
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
0.66
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2965
35.88
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15975
34.33
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91

Fielding Stats for Bill Magee and Frank Tanana

Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2226
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
742
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.49
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.23
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.04
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.85
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
883
1.9
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.56
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
1.86
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.79
89.79
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.85
97.85
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.972
1.972
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.09
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Magee and Frank Tanana

Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
107
214
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
639
5990.63
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284
568
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
59
553.13
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
96
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
84.38
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
84
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
7
65.63
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.39
22.77
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
19.34
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
112
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
116
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
103.13
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
38
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
54
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
5
46.88
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
92
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
8
75
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.36
18.72
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
11.29
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
66
132
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.55
4.55
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0